Auto top socket bow puller



March 13,1928. 1,662,538

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w v I REXFORI) B. RICHMOND AND RICHARDH. DODD, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

AUTO TOP SOCKET BOW FULLER.

Application filed August 20, 1923. Serial No. 658,284.

This invention relates to a device to be used in connection with therepair of automobile top-frames or supports.

These frames consist of the vertical tubular metal uprights attached tothe sides of the car, and the wooden bows extending across the car onwhich the top is supported, the bows being attached to the uprights bytightlysocketing the same therein.

hen it is necessary to replace the wooden bows for any reason, it hasheretofore been a hard matter to remove the portion of the woodremaining in the metal socket with out considerable effort and time andpossible damage to the metal members.

The principal object of our invention therefore is to provide a deviceby means of which the wooden stubs may be quickly and easily removedfrom their socke'ts,'without the possibility of damage to the metalparts.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claim.

In the drawings similar characters of ref erence indicate correspondingparts in the several views:

Fig. 1 is a side view, foreshortened, of the device as applied toextract a stub, and

Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged fragmentary sections of different portions ofthe device.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, the numeral 1 denotes a straight rigid metal bar or rod,preferably circular and mo vided at one end with a suitable handle 2.whereby the rod may be turned or held preferably removably screwed ontothe rod, the inner end of the handle being provided with an abruptshoulder 3 which forms a stop-block for the purpose hereinafter setforth.

The other end of the rod is threaded as at 4 to removably screw into a.block 5, also forming a stop member, on the opposite end of which blockis provided a shank 6 having a screw 7 of suitable form at its outer endadapted to be turned into the Wooden bow-stub 8 socketed into thetubular metal member 9 of a top-frame.

Freely slidably mounted on the rod 1 is a heavy plunger 10, preferablyof cylindrical form and nurled as shown so as to provide a good grippingsurface for the operator.

To preventpossible breakage of the rod at its threaded ends, where thestrength isthe least, the members 3 and 5 extend outwardly of thethreads for a certain. distance as shown at 11.

In operation the screw 7 is placed against the outer end of the woodportion 8, the socket member 9 being held in a suitable manner while therod 1 isheld in direct alinement with said socket member.

If desired and necessary, the initial entry of the screw into the woodis had by moving the weight or plunger 10 toward the handle end of therod, and then giving it a swift impulse in the opposite direction, whichwill cause the plunger to sharply contact with the stop 5, which ofcourse will have the same effect on the screw as if the latter werestruck on the head with a hammer. The screw once started into the wood,it is then screwed into the same, the distance judged necessary by theoperator by turning the handle 2. lVith the socket member still held inany suitable manner, the plunger is grasped in one hand, and after beingmoved to a point adjacent the block 5, is then moved sharply in theopposite direction so as to cause it to forcefully engage the stop 3.This operation, repeated as many times as may be necessary, will causethe wood to be withdrawn from its socket without any claim age to ordistortion of the latter, and with but very little physical exertion onthe part of the operator being necessary.

The mass of the plunger is evenly distributed about the rod,so that theblow or shock imparted to the rod is taken by the latter in a trulyaxial direction, instead of part of the force being expended in a transverse or lateral direction which would tend to bend or twist both therod and the parts being worked on.

The screw member being removable from the main rod member, permits of anassortment of varied sizes or types of screws being applied to the sameinstrument.

Also, the plunger beingremovable upon removing the screw member, saidplunger may be left off in the event that its use on any particular jobis not necessary.

From the foregomg description it will be readily seen that we haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

\Vhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device. still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may he resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit otthe invention. as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and useful anddesire to secure hy Letters Patent is:

A device for use in removing wooden elements from metal sockets.comprising the combination of a rod having a screw-thread at oneterminal for entry into the wood REXFORI) l). RICHMOND. RICHARD ll.DUDD.

